PROTECT INDEPENDENCE OF FED AND JUDICIARY! VOTE DOWN UNQUALIFIED NOMINEES!

Trump has taken unprecedented steps to turn the independent Federal Reserve Board into another partisan battlefield. Like Nixon, he has undertaken to politicize monetary policy, badgering Fed Chair Jay Powell to keep interest rates low, even pressing for extreme measures like quantitative easing to juice the economy. Just as Trump has undermined the independence of the judiciary by nominating unqualified partisan hacks, he threatens to do the same to the Fed with his proposal to nominate Stephen Moore and Herman Cain.

Neither Moore nor Cain is remotely qualified, falling short of minimal academic, technical and ethical requirements. They support the discredited “gold standard.” Moore was held in contempt for failing to pay child support. The IRS claims he owes it $75,000. Cain left the 2012 Presidential race when repeatedly accused of sexual harassment. Their only “qualification” for a Fed appointment is their loyalty to Trump. “Stacking the Fed with partisan hacks would alter how the market views the Fed’s decisions . . . ,” Grant Thornton’s chief economist, Diane Swonk, said. “Over time, the loss in credibility will mount.”

Dasja Dolan

Nominating Cain and Moore could put them on the fast track to becoming Fed Chair if Jay Powell leaves. The Fed’s independence must be protected!

Stop Trump’s Crony Packed Authoritarian Regime!

No to Unfit, Unqualified Nominees!

Drain the Trump Swamp!

**ACTION ONE: CALL OUR SENATORS**

SAMPLE SCRIPT FOR SENATORS WYDEN AND MERKLEY:

“My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [town/city], Oregon [zip code]. I am calling because . . .

. . . Trump is systematically undermining our institutions. He has proposed to nominate Stephen Moore and Herman Cain to the Federal Reserve Board. They are unqualified and only chosen for their loyalty to Trump. Please tell Senator [Merkley/Wyden] to do everything he can to ensure that neither Stephen Moore nor Herman Cain becomes a member of the Federal Reserve Board and that Congress gets the full Mueller Report including all underlying documents!

**ACTION TWO: CALL COMPLICIT GREG WALDEN**

SAMPLE SCRIPT FOR WALDEN:

“My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [town/city], Oregon [zip code]. I am calling because . . .

. . . I’m angry that Greg Walden is not doing more to ensure Congress gets the full Mueller Report, including all underlying documents! Does he or does he not believe no one is above the law! His silence on this issue in recent weeks make Greg complicit with the McConnell/Barr/congressional GOP coverup. History will not treat him kindly unless he speaks out against the fascist Trump regime. The 2020 reckoning is coming.